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And after this, these prophets lived again among the spirits of the land and communed with the trees and with the insects and the birds and found fellowship among these goodly spirits. And the time came that they were called to preach unto the people of Esaw, in the lands of Pelipae. And thus they went unto these lands and found a city guarded by mighty men of great renown. And they came unto the city, thin and sickly, and the guards admitted them that they might find rest among this people.
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And now, the people knew not that these men were prophets, but treated them with kindness and gave them meal to eat and draught to drink, and when they were revived, the prophets cast off their cloaks and the people beheld they were servants of the Aiy. And they were sore afraid, for they knew of the power of the prophets, but they said unto this people: Fear not, for we have not come to proclaim a doom upon you as we have with the Feiginepti, no, we call you unto hope, for we came unto you as weary travelers and you gave us food to eat and enough to drink. And we were weary, and you treated us as your own kinsmen. Therefore, we say unto this people, be blessed, for you are good souls. Nevertheless, we behold that you carry many weapons and are a people of war. We say unto you, good people, cast off your weapons of war and the Aiy will bless you exceedingly, for your enemies will not come against you, nor desire to. And you will be preserved though all the lands round about might fall into a mighty war, you shall not.
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And the people, hearing this, set about straight away to cast off their weapons of war. And there came a one from the city named Teclucidees, and he said unto the prophets: We thank you, prophets, for coming unto us. For long time, this people has prayed unto the Gods that we would receive guidance from them, and for long time we have drifted alone in a sea. For we beheld our kinsmen that they would not repent, for they turned the Gods into idols and makers of lust and war, and we knew this thing to be of the evil one. Therefore, we withstood. And because we withstood, our neighbors desired to come up to war against us that we might be punished for our rebellion against their gods. And we refused to bow down unto their idols; nevertheless, we were sore afraid because of their mighty armies and weapons which they would use against us. And they were near unto the coming to war against us, and we prayed unto the Gods that we would be preserved, for we knew the teachings of our fathers. And you have come unto us, and the Gods have answered our prayers, and we know that our neighbors shall not come against us to war, but will shy away from us that we might be preserved.
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And Fao Zuay said unto him: You are a goodly and righteous friend, and I thank you for taking us in as kinsmen, for I was among the Feiginepti and they cast dung upon me and spit upon me. I find great pleasure here and desire to dwell among this people for a time.
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And thus, Fao Zuay dwelt among these people for a time, and he has come up unto our people and gave us news that this city was indeed preserved while their neighbors warred one with the other. And thus, we see that the Aiylōhyme are greater than any sword and mightier than any spear and that their words are swifter than an arrow and greater than a steed of war. For that, people surely would have fallen had they not removed their weapons of war.
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And we also see what good can come from a people who are humble and submissive before the Aiylōhyme, for had they refused those prophets, they would have surely been consumed in the wars of their people. But they were righteous for many generations; nevertheless, they were eventually consumed by war and forsook their righteous fathers, and we know that that people was not spared war.